Do you have links to videos you could post. Sounds really cool

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Apr 18, 2021
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DrBYU

Bio page: DrBYU
Joined: Apr 9, 2001
Last login: Apr 29, 2024
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Nerdiest personal hobby that you enjoy. Go!

Agnostic-alumni

4/18/21 3:27pm

electric train models, bird watching, collecting Star Wars action figures, origami, house plants

CDV

4/18/21 3:28pm

You win.

DiamondDog

4/18/21 3:33pm

You had me until Star Wars.

Brisco

4/18/21 4:04pm

That's quite the combination

TNT

4/18/21 5:07pm

Member of a sports message board

BIG XII Coug

4/18/21 3:30pm

RE: Member of a sports message board

Hambone

4/18/21 4:02pm

I try to avoid those.

Brisco

4/18/21 4:12pm

Sounds boring

Y-Zag

4/18/21 4:14pm

Rubik’s cube collection. Up to 10x10x10

Chasicle

4/18/21 3:30pm

Let's see someone too this

El Careeb

4/18/21 3:38pm

My son has a 12 sided cube that is 11x11 on each side. He has like 250 other cubes as well.

Cosmodiar

4/18/21 4:14pm

My son is a cuber. Not sure where I went wrong.

cougfanblue

4/18/21 4:36pm

CDV’s FO

DieHarder

4/18/21 3:31pm

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bluecougar1985

4/18/21 3:41pm

Disneyland book collection. And a Disney “Art of” movie books. Here’s my list

Cougarrr

4/18/21 3:32pm

Furry. Also I present on Batman at Furry Conventions. He is a great example of

HansMoleman

4/18/21 3:33pm

You’re a furry? Holy Crap—infinity exclamations

Brisco

4/18/21 4:07pm

Classic Video Games

BYUtka

4/18/21 3:33pm

Like what? This sounds awesome

Mr. Rumsfield

4/18/21 3:37pm

NES, SNES, Nintendo mostly. My collection isn't huge. I have two real arcade

BYUtka

4/18/21 3:47pm

Try building a MAME cabinet. Costs less than $1000, takes 3 months, and your

valleus

4/18/21 3:51pm

This is easily my nerdiest hobby

JOPE

4/18/21 3:45pm

I collect old games and systems. Very fun stuff.

durandal

4/18/21 3:47pm

I collect Batman stuff, (shocker, right?) Also I present on Batman at Comic Cons

The Dark Knight

4/18/21 3:33pm

Very nerdy, and awesome

Agnostic-alumni

4/18/21 3:34pm

CougarBoard mostly

Born2Fish

4/18/21 3:34pm

Golfing.

StalwartBraveTrue

4/18/21 3:34pm

Nerdiest? Really?

byujacob

4/18/21 4:04pm

Just ask my kids. watching me play is an insult to golf so it’s just a hobby.

StalwartBraveTrue

4/18/21 10:04pm

I like HP, LOTR, GoT, and certain other fantasy stuff enough that I’ll watch YouTube analysis videos of them

JollyGreenGiant

4/18/21 3:36pm

I just turned off the analysis of butterburr, very interesting that in early

Spine

4/18/21 11:38pm

Butterfly hobbiest

jsaskew

4/18/21 3:38pm

Collection or butterfly house?

Agnostic-alumni

4/18/21 3:38pm

Outdoor flight house

jsaskew

4/18/21 4:09pm

Do you have links to videos you could post. Sounds really cool

DrBYU

4/18/21 4:13pm

I don't think I have anything on YouTube but

jsaskew

4/18/21 9:00pm

I watched a guy on YouTube open up 1st edition Pokémon cards from ~1997 and was strangely intrigued

TCuz

4/18/21 3:40pm

Root beer bottle collection and vintage Disneyland maps, brochures, and books.

Traveshamockery

4/18/21 3:41pm

I've got you beat by about 70 root beer bottles

volleyjiver

4/18/21 11:18pm

Wow. That’s impressive. I’ve got a ways to go to catch up to you.

Traveshamockery

4/19/21 11:47am

I started doing root beer bottles a few years ago. Finally HCBW got tired of them them and tossed them all. What is your

lightmann

4/19/21 11:37am

I just put a list up above. I’m partial to Ramblin’ too. So good.

Traveshamockery

4/19/21 11:48am

A few years ago our daughter made up a special box for me (that I couldn't touch) for Christmas. It had 52 bottles of

lightmann

4/19/21 12:50pm

That’s a great gift!

Traveshamockery

4/19/21 4:31pm

I put money in pretend coins online and hope they become worth $1 each.

BYUALWAYSNUM1

4/18/21 3:44pm

I’ve gotten pretty nerdy about fly fishing recently. It’s not unusual for me to

Kavorka

4/18/21 3:45pm

I do the same thing with salt water fish, ask me anything about the spring

Cabadapeste

4/18/21 5:06pm

Fishing is least nerdy of anything on this list.

lightmann

4/18/21 8:07pm

🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

zephyr

4/18/21 3:45pm

Bird Watching

Backcountry

4/18/21 3:46pm

I’m on eBird every day.

Brisco

4/18/21 3:50pm

When I'm rich classic toys will be my vice

A_blue_car

4/18/21 3:47pm

Pff. You guys are lightweights. I sometimes play tabletop RPGs. And I enjoy it.

durandal

4/18/21 3:48pm

Cones of dunshire?

Agnostic-alumni

4/18/21 3:49pm

RE: Cones of dunshire?

durandal

4/18/21 3:52pm

It’s all about the cones!

(Private)

4/19/21 7:41am

Someone on CB staying awfully quiet about their LARPing hobby:

runitup590

4/18/21 3:51pm

RE: Someone on CB staying awfully quiet about their LARPing hobby:

Brisco

4/18/21 4:03pm

Stamp collecting. I collect first day covers.

Y-Zag

4/18/21 3:54pm

Okay, I have a couple questions.

DomCasual

4/18/21 4:42pm

When my dad passed away my mom got an appraisal of his collection

85fan

4/18/21 5:39pm

Stamp collecting is a dying hobby. Values have dropped dramatically.

Y-Zag

4/18/21 5:50pm

Funko Pops. I have sold most of my collection but kept a sizeable number of MCU

byujacob

4/18/21 3:58pm

I play in competitive Rock Band tournaments on PS4. Currently ranked #2 in the

bigbossbyu

4/18/21 4:01pm

Now I can say I know someone famous. Thanks!

byujacob

4/18/21 4:03pm

Interior design. I’m good too.

cougfanz

4/18/21 4:04pm

Can you come decorate my house?

bluecheese

4/18/21 4:20pm

I collect mannequins of legacy BYU coaches.

Hambone

4/18/21 4:07pm

Depends on the year...lately, I've been building model cars...I've been a bug

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

4/18/21 4:07pm

Does ghost town visiting count? I’m pretty nerdy about that.....I find every one

ByuImaginesDragons

4/18/21 4:12pm

Any suggestions/favorites?

jamfam

4/18/21 4:18pm

Oh yes! Bannack and Garnett MT are must sees. Really well preserved

ByuImaginesDragons

4/18/21 11:53pm

Any go to resources that you frequent?

Wyomingite

4/18/21 4:32pm

I’ve found most from Facebook ghost town groups

ByuImaginesDragons

4/18/21 11:56pm

Ghosts aren’t real so I have also been to every ghost town within driving distance.

TCuz

4/18/21 4:38pm

Ghost towns and haunted towns are different things....and ghosts are real

ByuImaginesDragons

4/18/21 11:55pm

We used to do that. I am a history buff.

85fan

4/18/21 5:40pm

I love it. Seeing how things used to be, imagining what their lives were like

ByuImaginesDragons

4/18/21 11:58pm

Setting up an ethereum staking node

EQD2

4/18/21 4:13pm

This thread has made me realize I’m not nerdy. Just super boring.

CrimWalCoug

4/18/21 4:23pm

RE: This thread has made me realize I’m not nerdy. Just boring.

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

4/18/21 4:30pm

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CrimWalCoug

4/18/21 7:12pm

I collect analog synthesizers & compose 80’s style electronic music

maizecoug

4/18/21 4:34pm

RE: I collect analog synthesizers & compose 80’s style electronic music

BYUALWAYSNUM1

4/18/21 5:12pm

Lawn care

cougfanblue

4/18/21 4:35pm

I’m kind of nerdy about this too. Don’t currently have a lawn unfortunately, but

Kavorka

4/18/21 5:44pm

You can scratch that itch, by doing mine!

BYUALWAYSNUM1

4/18/21 5:54pm

Language study. I speak four languages and am learning a fifth.

ReyOso

4/18/21 4:54pm

I need to learn spanish

BYUALWAYSNUM1

4/18/21 5:13pm

You should have led with pink oyster mushrooms

Odysseus

4/18/21 5:14pm

And listen to Blue Oyster Cult while doing so...

Parker Schnabel

4/18/21 9:18pm

Boardgames and Warzone. If anyone wants to squad up hmu

shakavaka

4/18/21 5:02pm

Classical music afficionado. I have listened to hundreds of hours of lectures

HenderCoug

4/18/21 5:16pm

Astronomy and a ham radio license.

byujdmba

4/18/21 5:57pm

Incessantly posting “Fauci right now” with a variety of gifs

Unibro

4/18/21 6:03pm

Chess.

ldssdl

4/18/21 6:27pm

Do you compete?

byujacob

4/18/21 7:15pm

Not since high school. I dabble a little on chess.com.

ldssdl

4/18/21 7:26pm

Geocaching. I get antsy if more than a week goes by without

lightmann

4/18/21 8:04pm

I keep exotic Tarantulas

ditch

4/18/21 9:30pm

I also look for snakes. That activity has the nerdiest name ever.

ditch

4/18/21 9:34pm

I would LOVE to have exotic tarantulas. How do you get them?

Breaded Hamster

4/18/21 10:01pm

I also collect hotwheels.

ditch

4/18/21 9:36pm

I was in a judge's chambers that was nothing but Hot Wheels. Cars, Posters

Y-Zag

4/18/21 10:11pm

Husband collects antique postcards. As a spouse I like it. Most aren't too pricey & they don't take up much space.

Soupie

4/18/21 9:51pm

I collect rocks and seashells, but I'm a geologist and an oceanographer so...

Oceanographer

4/18/21 11:19pm

We have a bunch of collected rocks for both outside and inside. It doesn't seem like a real collection because it's so

lightmann

4/19/21 10:48am

I get asked a lot about what rocks to collect. I always tell people to just

Oceanographer

4/19/21 11:59am

If we're out traveling, we seldom pass by a rock shop without stopping for a quick look. Usually end up buying a few

lightmann

4/19/21 12:57pm

That's a great story. My parents have a large section of petrified wood in

Oceanographer

4/19/21 1:49pm

3d printing and rocket league

supertux

4/19/21 6:33am

What do you print? I've been thinking of getting one for my dad who just retired

jamfam

4/19/21 8:15am

Toys, replacement parts for things, custom gifts, projects

supertux

4/19/21 1:17pm

Cribbage. Old man's game that I started playing when I was 8

CommodoreCoug

4/19/21 7:50am

I collect books about U.S. presidents and other historical topics. Then again, I'm a historian and history teacher.

BlueBlood94

4/19/21 8:30am

My dad was a history teacher.

85fan

4/19/21 8:47am

My dad was a piano mover.

lightmann

4/19/21 11:44am

Speaking of pianos and movers, I will someday need one to move

85fan

4/19/21 6:49pm

Either have a professional move it or about seven big strong friends to come over is my advice.

lightmann

4/21/21 10:17am

Age of Empires

Turn and Cough

4/19/21 1:31pm

Great game.

endy

4/19/21 5:49pm

Programming

j20

4/19/21 1:38pm

Holy cow, does no one admit to LARPing any more?

Pangare

4/19/21 4:14pm

Axis and Allies.

(Private)

4/19/21 9:05pm

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